Folding ironing-board



R. FOX.

FOLDING momma BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 20, 1920.

1,340,265, Patented May 18, 1920.

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RALPH :rox, or WOOSTER, OHIO.

FOLDING momma-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed January 20, 1920. Serial No. 352,913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RALPH Fox, a citizen ofthe United States, residin at Wooster, in the county of Wayne and tateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Folding Ironing-Board, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding ironingboards and itsprimary object is to provide improved means for supporting the free endof the ironing-board, whereby more room is afforded underneath the same;second, to provide better and stronger meaus'for supporting the free endof said board in use, and third, to simplify the folding withoutdiminishing the strength of the apparatus; and it consists of the novelfeatures and combination of parts as hereinafter fully set forth and asstated in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in whichsimilar letters and figures of reference indicate like parts. Referringthereto, Figurel, is a side elevation of an ironing-board embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, is a like view of the same folded together, and theseappear to be sufiicient for illustration. In the drawings, A is theironing-board proper, B is a diagonal support, and C is a verticalsupport com posed of two vertical members framed together, and providedwith feet 11 adapted to stand upon a floor; each of said members isprovided with a lateral projection F at its upper end, adapted toreceive thereunder a horizontal latch E. D is a small ironingboardmounted on a rotatable support (2 and arranged to swing sidewise overthe board A, and to be removable therefrom at pleasure. This feature,however, is not new, and no specific claim is made thereto by me. Thenovel supporting and folding devices cooperate by means of a pair ofstrap-hinges H and G, one of which connects the upper end of thediagonal support B to the adj acent standard 0 at a point near the underside of the adj acent end of the board A, and so as to engage a notch 2therein, by the upper end 3 of the diagonal support Bthe latter beingpreferably constructed with a pair of bars in all respects alike andjoined together, substantially as shown, and each of said bars is hingedin the manner, above set forth, to the respective adjacent standards C;the other hinge, G, is secured to a cross-bar l which rests upon theupper side of the support B near its upper end, and to the under side ofthe board A, so that the latter rests upon the upper edge of said crossbar at. The arrangement is such that when the device is in foldedposition shown in Fig. 2, it maybe readily brought into unfolded andoperative position shown in Fig. 1 by simplylifting up the outer end aofthe board A, whereby the supports B and C will automatically take thenormal positions therein shown, by the action of the pair of hinges Hand G on both sides of said supports, and the extended adjacent ends 5of the board A will slip over the upper ends F of the standards Csufficient to permit the latch E,.shown in dotted lines E, to be swungsidewise between the lateral projections F and 5 whereby the outer end ais firmly held in elevated position, and resting solidly upon the hingedsupports as aforesaid.

The mutual cooperation of said hinged members tightens the apparatus,and pressure upon the outer end a only serves to make the frame workmore rigid. Removal of the latch by swinging it outwardly in the Ydirection of the arrow, and folding it on its end pivot around upon theupper side of the board A, permits the outer ends a and 1 to be foldedin the direction of the arrows at said points, automatically. Thus astrong, safe and rigid ironing-board is provided, having a largeropening underneath it, and more space is afforded for handlingsewed-together garment-s than heretofore, and the board and its supportsmay be more readily folded together.

I do not limit my claim, to mere form, but it is subject to suchmodifications as are reasonably within its scope.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, the combination with an ironing board, of a supporting framecomprising a pair of standards having lateral projections at their tops,said board having in its end slots receiving said standards, and adiagonal support intermediate said board and standards, hinged to bothat and near its upper and adjacent end, and means insertible betweensaid projections and said board for latching the front end of said boardto said standards, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described; the combination With anironing-board, of a supporting frame, comprising a pair of standards anda diagonal support inter mediate said board and said standards, saiddiagonal support hinged to said board and to said standards at itsjunction therewith respectively, said board and standards havingoverlapping and spaced projections re- 10 spectively, and a latchadapted to engage between said projections, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this 20th day of September1919 in presence of tWo Witnesses.

RALPH FOX.

Witnesses:

WM. C. Yosr, HIRAM SWAR'rz'.

